British world music groups: Afro Celt Sound System, Red Box, Transglobal Underground, 3 Mustaphas 3, Adiemus, Jesus Loves You, Osibisa

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Afro Celt Sound System, Red Box, Transglobal Underground, 3 Mustaphas 3, Adiemus, Jesus Loves You, Osibisa, Jade Warrior, Blowzabella, Edward II, Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos, Baka Beyond, Trenton and Free Radical, 1 Giant Leap, Flook, Third Ear Band, Dhol Academy, Monsoon, Celloman, The Dhol Foundation, Heera Group UK, Samay, Equa, The Bollywood Brass Band, Amber, Culture Clash. Excerpt: Red Box are a British pop group first active from the early 1980s to the early 1990s, founded by Simon Toulson-Clarke and Julian Close. They scored two UK Top Ten hits with the singles "Lean on Me (ah-li-ayo)" in 1985 and "For America" in 1986, both of which were included on their debut album The Circle & the Square. Red Box returned briefly in 1990 with the single "Train" and second album Motive and again in 2010 with third album Plenty released in October 2010. The group is now led by singer-songwriter Simon Toulson-Clarke with a third line-up of supporting players. Simon Toulson-Clarke formed his first band at age thirteen with school friend Paddy Talbot, playing covers of Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple as well as some self-penned material. Other early influences are cited as being Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Cream, Pink Floyd, Cat Stevens and particularly Buffy Sainte-Marie. On leaving school he moved to Middlesbrough and formed another band in the vein of New York Dolls. In the late '70s he travelled south to study at the Polytechnic of Central London where he formed a band with Bristolian Julian Close. Initially the band performed under the name Harlequins and comprised Toulson-Clarke (vocals/guitar) and Close (saxophone) together with Paddy Talbot (keyboards), Rob Legge (bass) and Martin Nickson (drums). The band later took the name Red Box-after some deliberation-from a box left behind by the rock group Slade follow...

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• Editora ‏ : ‎ Books LLC, Wiki Series (16 agosto 2011)
• Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglês
• Capa comum ‏ : ‎ 24 páginas
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1155164555
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1155164557
• Dimensões ‏ : ‎ 18.9 x 0.1 x 24.6 cm

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